Sean Penn Wins Best Actor for 'Milk' + Acceptance Speech

[NYC Liberal]

Run time: 03:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dnM8v9aaR0   Posted on YouTube: February 23, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 23, 2009 By DU Member: NYC Liberal Views on DU: 7175

 
Nothing much else to say - just watch!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Great speech...thank you for posting!

[Triana]

2. Thanks! :) n/t

[ihavenobias]

3. K & R n/t

[cal04]

4. thank you so much for posting

K&R

[emlev]

5. Thank you. And he kinda forgot someone ...

with the initials H.M.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. "I;m gonna die before I'm fifty".

Yup.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. i think harvey milk understood that equality was bigger than himself

and penn addressed the issue of equality

[Steely_Dan]

7. Nice Speech...

I'm so glad that he mentioned Mickey R. I wanted so bad for him to win. But Sean...you are the man.

-P

[Divine Discontent]

11. me, too. My friend was pulling hard for Mickey, and I for Penn, but both wanted either to win.

And to have Sean be so caring to mention him in that manner was awesome.

And wowwww, how about Dustin Lance Black's acceptance for Best Original Screenplay! LIGHTS OUT!


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[Mollis]

8. Aw...its no longer available.

[NYC Liberal]

9. Really? It's still loading up for me.

[Mollis]

12. Really? That's annoying...

I don't know why it isn't working for me.

[Divine Discontent]

10. nope, nothing else to say - it was great & Lance Black made me cry! eom

[glowing]

14. I agree.. that was a great little speach to other gay teens out there questioning

who they are. The Oscars are so propped up.. and Milk wins enough awards to make a statement.

[democracy1st]

13. K & R

[spiritual_gunfighter]

15. yeah this was a great speech what a great liberal Sean Penn is n/t

[Wetzelbill]

16. I have always been a big Sean Penn fan

He's a wonderful director too. I was leaning towards Mickey Rourke because I love the underdog, but this is just about as good.

[theFrankFactor]

17. I love that fucker!

LISTEN TO MY SHIT, WON'T YOU?
http://media.switchpod.com/users/jd/TheFrankFactorshow7022309.mp3

[BlooInBloo]

18. :)))))

[wowimthere]

19. I hate to nitpick but I just wanted to know... did he forget to thank his family or was

he thanking his wife as his best friend in a different way?

[NYC Liberal]

20. I think he was using the time to say something important about the cause

I'm sure he's thanked his family plenty, and he can do that any time. The message of the film was so important, everyone should hear it.

[cascadiance]

39. Judging by the tears in her eyes in the clip, she KNEW what he was going to say and WANTED...

it said the way he said it!

[earth mom]

41. Penn should have thanked his wife, Robin & his kids. It was a glaring omission IMO.

Which to me, made his acceptance speech ring rather hollow.

Sorry, I'm glad Penn won, but I can't jump on the rah rah bandwagon about his speech when he didn't even thank those closest to him.

[NoSheep]

45. Having been the underappreciated partner and support system for

3 men over my lifetime, I agree completely.

[go west young man]

21. Love Sean and loved what he said.

Way to shake em up Sean! I only wish more performers of all stripes spoke out. The right wing continues to tell performers to shut up and sing or act. I say if you are driven to perform by your beliefs and your beliefs are noble then speak up, use that pedestal and microphone and raise awareness. I'm very thankful for the John Lennons and Sean Penns of this world. And Bill O'Reilly do me a favor and "shut the fuck up".

[Travis the Chimp]

22. I'm sorry, but......

Sean Penn is a great actor, and is dead on with his political stances, but he loses some credability with me. I can't sit there and listen to someone who has a history of having such a violent temper preach about peace. It's good that he gets the message out there, but I just think he is more concerned with himself than the topics he actually speaks out for. But, then again, he is an actor.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. Anger is a natural emotion and when paparazzi get too close...

particularly with children, they deserve to have some temper unleashed on them. Alec Baldwin is a perfect example and I applaud him for decking the photographer snapping pics of he and Kim Basinger bringing home their newborn daughter from the hospital. Same with Lady Di for wanting cameras out of her childrens' faces while on a skiing holiday, although she didn't "deck," she pleaded.

"I just think he is more concerned with himself" sounds straight out of Sean's Hannity's foul mouth. It's rather amusing when such obvious RW talking points are used at DU to try to prove a point.

[Travis the Chimp]

25. That's not a talking point.

That's just the way I see it. In order to be a successful actor, you have to be able to self promote. I'm not really knocking him for it, just stating my opinion. Actors and politicians ae not that much different, actors are just better paid.:)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

29. Sure it is.

A wingnut friend has used it, even a wingut neighbor. I agree re your actor/politician comparison -- Ronnie Raygun! -- but Sean Penn definitely seems to be one who talks and walks the talk and walk.

[LiberalLovinLug]

27. evolve Chimp

I won't dwell on the "violent temper" defense, WorseBeforeBetter has taken care of that. But what is about that temper, which because of you insist he should not "preach" about peace, have to do with being more concerned with himself than the topics he speaks about? Or that he is an actor?

Just shake off those wingnut talking points for one second and THINK about it. What good actor would invite abuse from Hannity, Rush, O'Liely and company? Is that really being more concerned with yourself as an actor? The smart thing would be to do like Brad Pitt or Robert Downey Jr. and the majority of Hollywood stars and stay in the shadows politically.

And that whole ""then again, he is an actor" wingnut routine is so old. Like an actor is some dumb profession that requires no thinking or effort while plumbing, or even just thinking about maybe one day setting up a plumbing shop and getting your license, means you are really really smart.

[Yes We Did]

28. 9 Posts...

[Zambero]

30. Hey, he's human...

and celebrities take a lot of crap in having their privacy violated by the papparazzi thugs. A lot of us take being anonymous faces in the crowd and going out in public without incident for granted. If you're famous it all goes away. Yes there is a cost for fame, and whether or not fortune makes up for it is anybody's guess. I tend to doubt it.

[nanatois]

31. but then

Hurricane Katrina and there was Sean Penn in a rowboat trying to save people before the federal govt. got there. He walks the walk and talks the talk. more power to him. He is a great actor, director and activist.

[bobbolink]

35. Thank you for reminding us of that. I now remember it, but..... hadn't thought of it until you said

that.

Yes, Al Gore and a very few others were there, doing the hard walk.

Props to them! :applause:

[ChiciB1]

38. AND, He Would Be One Of The Worst???? Sorry, But I Think It's TIME A Few

actors FINALLY started what they USED to do!!

JMHO, but then I'm one of those awful LIBERALS!!!

[stlsaxman]

42. "peace"??? dude- Sean was "preaching" about EQUALITY- two totally separate issues. n/t

[Ken Burch]

49. Then again, John Lennon(who had also had a violent history) said this:

"It is the most violent people who go for love and peace."

You can't demand that people be perfect. What's important is to see your flaws(especially the big flaws like violence)and work to overcome them.

Plus, with Sean Penn, as far as I know the only people he was violent with were the paparazzi(and even then that mostly at least twenty years ago), so can't we argue that his violence, regrettable as it was, is both past tense and no longer pertinent? It's not like the guy has ever pulled a Chris Brown.

After all, peace means getting the currently violent to STOP being violent. The example of those who do so is probably more important than that of those who were never violent and speak out against violence.

[petwlkr]

23. Leave it to Sean

"you commie, homo-loving sons of guns"!!!!!

[disndat]

32. We move a giant step

forward with "Milk", Sean Penn, and Penn's acceptance speech.

[Divine Discontent]

50. and with Mr Black's acceptance speech, which was so early in the broadcast (for youth viewers) eom

[satya]

26. I see someone's put up a web site already; thankfully, appears to be a supporter.

Congrats to him for grabbing that domain name before the haters did.

[cboy4]

33. Goosebumps.

I love Sean Penn and I love Hollywood. :loveya:

[ChiciB1]

36. This IS Great... I've Been Ignoring The Email I Get From Old Classmates Who I

attended school with in Texas, just deleting the stuff when the name comes up. But I just HAD to send this one with a "cute" little note saying... THIS ONE'S JUST FOR YOU, as a thank you for ALL the informative email you've been sending me about how DISGUSTING it is to have a BLACK Democrat as POTUS!!

Bet they don't even know what POTUS stands for. Just COULD NOT help myself and this is the FIRST reply I've made to ALL the "hate" mail they've been sending me for almost a year now!!

Penn was PERFECT!!!

Thanks for the post!

[cooolandrew]

37. I'm glad he got some kind of award for all the great activism he's done in recent years alone. Well>

done Sean.

[ronnykmarshall]

40. I hope my cousin saw that.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

43. kr

[jonmiller74]

44. K&R with Tears

[AnnieBW]

46. Nicely done

that Commie, homo-loving, son of a gun. :toast:

[kimocrossman]

47. sweet

Very Nice as a San Franciscan - I am Proud.

[pitchforksandtorches]

48. Anyone who likes Phil Ochs is A-OK with me!

Good job Penn!